It’s all settled on the pitch now — Thomas Jefferson is No. 1 out of the South Puget Sound League North division while Kentwood is No. 2. and Tahoma is No. 3.

The final week of the regular season was not a good one for Tahoma with a 1-0 loss to Jefferson on May 1 followed by a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Kentwood on May 4.

It was a battle at Tahoma High’s Maxwell stadium in the second-to-last game between the Bears and the Raiders.

The Bears had multiple opportunities to score but just couldn’t find the net. Tough defense contained the Raiders most of the game.

Then a breakdown in the back line for Tahoma with less than four minutes left in the match against Jefferson led to an own goal when the ball came off the boot of a Bears player, went over the keeper’s head and dribbled into the net, which was undefended.

Meanwhile, against the Conquerors, the Bears allowed a goal early in the contest when Keaton Gray scored from the middle on an attack less than 10 minutes in at French Field.

In a wild, physical game — a Kentwood player and two Tahoma boys were given yellow cards — the Conks defense held the rest of the game.

Thanks to that victory, things worked out better for the Conks, who secured second place in spite of six ties during the regular season finishing with a 10-0-6 record with 36 points while Tahoma was 11-4-1 with 34 points.

Kentlake finished strong, earning the fourth seed into the one-game league playoffs, thanks to a 5-1 victory over Mount Rainier on May 1 then a 0-0 tie against Jefferson on May 4.

The Falcons were 6-6-4 with 22 points in league play.

Kentridge, meanwhile, earned the fifth spot in the North thanks in small part to Kentwood’s tie with Auburn on May 1, as well as a pair of ties against Kent-Meridian and Auburn in the final two games of league play. The Chargers ended the season 5-8-3.

Kentridge took on Curtis, the fifth seed out of the SPSL South, on Tuesday night after the Reporter’s deadline. The winner would earn the ninth seed and the loser would be the No. 10 out of the league into the West Central-Southwest District tournament. The 10th seed is slated to play the Southwest No. 3 in a loser-out game at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Sparks Stadium.

Kentlake played Curtis and Kentwood played Federal Way at Federal Way Stadium on Wednesday, while Tahoma played Emerald Ridge and Jefferson played Puyallup at Sparks Stadium Wednesday night.

District tournament games are slated for Saturday at either Art Crate Field or Mount Tahoma.